RSN: Muslims Around the World Defend Themselves Against Islamophobia and Offer Solidarity, France's Retribution Will Be Swift and Harsh, as Will the Inevitable Reaction, and as Will the Retribution for the Reaction

Mark Provost

160: The number of people who died in Paris attacks.
500: The number of people who died in US police custody...just in Texas.

White. American. Home Grown Domestic Terrorist!

Jon Thurmond

 

Never forget. This person killed 168 American men, women and 

CHILDREN.

He injured 600 more. He perpetrated the worst case of 

domestic terrorism in United States history. 

He wasn't black or brown. He wasn't a Hindu or a Muslim or Syrian. 

He was A WHITE AMERICAN CHRISTIAN. 

Now think on that before you spread your anti Islamic and 

anti people of color BULLSHIT on social media.

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Charles Pierce | France's Retribution Will Be Swift and Harsh, as Will the Inevitable Reaction, and as Will the Retribution for the Reaction. 

Charles Pierce, Esquire 
Pierce writes: "Something awful has happened in Paris. Out of it will be born something awful in the collective mind and the collective heart and the collective soul." 
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Muslims Around the World Defend Themselves Against Islamophobia and Offer Solidarity 
Natasha Noman, Mic 
Noman writes: "'French Muslims are French. Today, at least, they should be more French than Muslim, as today the tragedy is for all of France,' Daniel Hurlin, a Parisian designer speaking about the aftermath of Friday's coordinated Islamic State terrorist attacks in Paris, which left more than 120 dead, told Mic." 
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Ted Cruz Says We Must Accept Killing Civilians in War Against ISIS 
Judd Legum, ThinkProgress 
Legum writes: "It has been only hours since terrorist attacks left at least 120 people dead throughout Paris. Little is known about the attackers, their methods or their motivations." 
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After a Turbulent Week, Mizzou Students Look Ahead 
Adrian Florido, NPR 
Florido writes: "After a turbulent week spurred by racial tensions at the University of Missouri, students are reflecting and thinking about what changes they hope for next on campus." 
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Naming of Margaret Spellings as UNC System President Called 'a Disturbing New Low' 
Valerie Strauss, The Washington Post 
Strauss writes: "In recent years the University of North Carolina system - long considered one of the best in the country - has sustained massive budget cuts by the state legislature as well as efforts to force some academics to change their priorities." 
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Cuba Leading Eradication of HIV/AIDS, UN Says 
teleSUR 
Excerpt: "Cuba is an example for the world to follow on how to eradicate AIDS, the executive director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS said Friday." 
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4 Signs We Are Winning the Climate Fight 
Xiuhtezcatl Martinez, EcoWatch 
Martinez writes: "As we move forward it's also important to see how the Keystone XL victory can guide our organizing. Here are some takeaways from this people powered victory." 
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The Family Values Party and the Trump First Lady, GOD's Sense of Humor, Stand for Laney

Laney was found completely emaciated and covered in cuts and abrasions. She's only about a year old, but in horrible shape. The shelter is not sure if she was used for bait or what happened, but life has not been kind to this sweet, shy girl.

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We have created this campaign to help save a dog named Laney. She was found completely emaciated and covered in cuts and abrasions. She's only about a year old, but in horrible shape. The shelter is not sure if she was used for bait or what happened, but life has not been kind to this sweet, shy girl.

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Occupy Healthcare

The John Fugelsang Page

This. that, Roger Ailes' Propaganda network, Ted Cruz [born in Canada] sold to Frackers, Gun Violence

Truthout

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Back in 1970, when current Fox News president Roger Ailes was working in the White House, he pitched an idea to Richard Nixon. He called it "GOP TV" - a so-called "news" operation that could rapidly push the Republican issues and messages of the day.

Media Matters for America

"It isn't a wild conspiracy theory to say that Fox is a propaganda machine for the GOP...it's a matter of historical record."

Fox So-Called ''News'' Is ''GOP TV'' in the 21st Century

Fox isn't a news channel. It's a propaganda network.

TRUTH-OUT.ORG|BY THE DAILY TAKE TEAM

Miss R•EVOLutionaries shared Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America's photo.

Trigger Warning: Important commentary on the reality of gun violence.

Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America

Just hours before the tragic ‪#‎LafayetteShooting‬, a mother whose daughter was murdered in the Aurora, Colorado, theater mass shooting writes graphically about the real toll of gun violence in America. We stand with Jessi's mother.

Paul Schaefer‎Bernie Sanders for President 2016

From a active Navy serviceman:

"I want Bernie to be President because he is the most genuine person in politics. He is a person that stands up for what we, the people, believe in. He is trustworthy, and trust is one of the best qualities a politician can have. Many are not trustworthy. He voted against the war in Iraq and Afghanistan, and fully understands why these wars were disasters. He understands that military force should be the last option exhausted, not the first option. Lastly, I know that when I leave the military, I will be taken care of, not forgotten."

The Hill

"Our country was founded on the idea that our rights come from the Creator, not the government. I'm afraid we're losing that," billionaire Farris Wilks said in explaining his donation to Ted Cruz.

Cruz super-PAC gets $15 million donation 

from two brothers

Billionaire brothers Farris and Dan Wilks made their money in the fracking industry.

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Jim Hightower: Seeking submissions for Gooberheads, Crazy Cruz, and more!

Dear Fellow Agitators,

The Hightower gang is extremely pleased to announce a very special upcoming issue of Hightower's monthly, populist newsletter, The Hightower Lowdown (www.hightowerlowdown.org) our first annual Gooberhead Awards, coming this July.

The Gooberheads have been conceived to recognize those pre-eminent gasbags in public life who don’t let the danger they pose to the rest of us restrain them from opening their mouths. Politicians, media folk, corporados, sports stars, pop culture divas, mega-donors... there are so many possibilities, national and local, and we need your help in finding the most deserving among them all.

We know that it’s just hard sometimes to tell where Gooberism stops and Greedheadism begins. So we’re throwing the net wide. Who knows what we’ll drag up?!

Submit your your nominees via this form. goo.gl/forms/T1RlGpWGvl

Thanks y'all, And keep agitating!

The Hightower gang

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Wall Street upset by lack of deference from senators

By Jim Hightower - Wed., 4/8/15

Wall Street arrogance seems to be accelerating even faster than our infinite cosmos is expanding.
It's not enough that the greed and illegal acts of giant financial conglomerates crashed our economy;... [read more]

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Democrats, too, are dancing to the rich man's tune

By Jim Hightower - Tue., 4/7/15

It's futile to hope that the GOP's gaggle of corporate-hugging, right-wing presidential candidates will seriously address the issue of rising inequality in our land – but where are the Democrats?
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2016 presidential candidates address inequality (sort of)

By Jim Hightower - Mon., 4/6/15

At last, America's political leaders indicate that they now feel the pain of the poor and of the millions of working families slipping out of the middle class.
Congress had... [read more]

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Meet a genuine philanthropist

By Jim Hightower - Fri., 4/3/15

When you get fed up with all the greed and narcissism that seems to rule our country, a good way to restore your faith in humankind is to reflect on the generosity of Ron Read... [read more]

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Imagine him being president

By Jim Hightower - Thu., 4/2/15

Ted’s recent announcement of his presidential candidacy was a real Cruz-a-palooza! It was part Ronald Reagan, part Elmer Gantry, part John Lennon, and part Jerry Falwell – yet it was totally Ted Cruz – full... [read more]

RSN: Rand Paul Joins Crowded Field of People Who Will Never Be President

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Rand Paul. (photo: Jeff Malet/maletphoto.com)

Rand Paul Joins Crowded Field of People Who Will Never Be President

By Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker

07 April 15

The article below is satire. Andy Borowitz is an American comedian and New York Times-bestselling author who satirizes the news for his column, "The Borowitz Report."

ith an official announcement on his campaign Web site, Senator Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) has joined a crowded field of people who will never be elected President in their lifetimes.

While Paul and Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) are the only officially announced Republican candidates with a zero-per-cent chance of ever winning the Presidency, a burgeoning roster of totally pointless candidacies is waiting in the wings.

 

Former Texas Governor Rick Perry, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum, and neurosurgeon Ben Carson are just a few of the men thought to be considering squandering time and money pursuing an office that they will never occupy in a billion years.

 

On the Democratic side, only former Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley has stepped forward as someone who could only be elected to the White House in an alternate universe.

 

Minutes after his announcement, aides to Senator Paul said that they believed that he would emerge as the top choice of voters who are determined to waste their votes in 2016.

 

“There’s no one out there who has a more remote chance of being elected, unless Trump decides to run,” one aide said.